Hot vs. Neutral on chandelier

I recently inherited a dining room chandelier from my grandparents. It was nicer then the one I had so I took it. If I had to guess, I would say it's from early / mid 90s.

When I unhooked it from his place I checked and there was a sticker that marked the neutral wire.

When I got home and started installing, the sticker fell off while my head was turned.

Both wires are gold all the way to the base. One has writing on it but it's just the brand name. The other side I found a small amount of tape residue from what looks like the old sticker but I'm no way sure.

Any suggestions so I can hook it up correctly? I don't want to cross the wires although from what I read somewhere it should still light regardless.

Hot vs. Neutral on chandelier

Sorry - should have clarified. My multi-meter had red and black (positive / negative) prongs. When I connect the prongs to the socket and turn it to the ohm setting - does t matter which prong is on which part of the socket?

When the meter is on the Ohm setting, what should I be reading that would indicate correct or incorrect wiring?

Hot vs. Neutral on chandelier

Use the ohm feature of your multimeter, red black makes no difference.

One lead (say red) to the shell of the lamp holder and then the other lead (black but makes no difference) to one wire then the other. Needle of MM goes to "0" zero you have it, if it is digital then a "0" reading.

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Hot vs. Neutral on chandelier

if you happen to have the hot wire attached to the screw shell & you touch the shell , it want be nice i might say. that why it needs to be correct as others have said.you may look like this smile when you touch it.

Hot vs. Neutral on chandelier

I didn't know the circuit couldn't be live. I put the meter on ohm and hit the switch and used the prongs on the lamp contacts. It read 0 from what I could tell. Should I redo this test now with the switch off?